Tire.



No. 761,843?.` y

Patented June 7, 1904.

-/ UNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE.-

JOI-IN MIIJLAR, OF KEARNEY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR EONEJIALF TO HENRY VILLOUGHBY, JR., OF KEARNEY, NEW JERSEY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters. Patent V-No. 761,847, dated June 7, 1904. I

Application tied Marcil 7, 1904. f,

To @ZZ zii/bom, t may concern: t

Be it known that I, J OHNI MILLAR, a subject of the King of Great Britainand Ireland, and a resident of Kearney, Hudson county, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tires, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tires for vehicles, cycles, or the like; and its object is the production of a light, resilient, and punctureless tire or, at least, a tire that will not be affected by being punctured. In carryingout this object I employ a suitable and circular-shaped casin g and a core composed of segmental inembers placed circumferentiallywithin the casing. These members can be either in the form of disks or rings and may be made of any suitable material; but preferably I use cork and rubber. members alternating with each other. 'Io cause these members to conform to the arc of the circle of the casing, alternating members are made with a taper toward the center.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown my invention embodied in two forms, but do not wish to confine myself to the exact structure shown, as changes of forms and structure may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention. n

In the said drawings, Figure i is a sectional view of part of a tire embodying' my invention. Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are detail Yviews of the members composingthe core of the tire. Fig. 6 shows a modification.

Similar' characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different views.

l denotes a circular-shaped casing of any suitable character, but preferably in the form of an ordinary pneumatic tire. Within this casing are placed a plurality of segmental members, preferablytwoseries, as 2 and 3, alternating with eachother and forming a core. These members can be made of any suitable material, as cork; but preferably the members 2 are of cork and the members 3 of rubber. The said members 2 and 3 are provided with circumferential beveled shoulders 4 and 5 in apposition to each other and adjacent to the circular casing, so as to t snugly serai no. 197,015. dit modei.)

"together and guide each other when inserted into the casing.

One series of the said members, in the present instance the members 3, taper toward the center of the wheel in order to conform to vthe arc of the circle of the tire.

As will be noticed, the surface 6 of the said 55 members is straightwith relation to the circumference of the tire or casing, thereby gripping the casing.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1,2, 3,

4L, and 5 the members 2 and3 are in the form 60 which air can be introduced into the tire. In

this instance the valve l() is shown as passing through the rim ll of the wheel. The segmental members are introduced into the casingpl through a suitable opening, which is afterward closed up by some suitable means,

as the flap l2.

What I claim is- 1. A tire composed of a circular casing and a plurality of segmental members having beveled shoulders in apposition to each other located inside of the said casing.

' 2. A tire composed of a circular casing and two series of segmental members of cork and rubber alternating with each other and hav-l ing beveled shoulders in apposition to each 8O other, located inside of the said casing.

3. A tire composed of a circular casing, and two series of segmental members alternating with each other and having beveled shoulders in apposition to each other, located inside of shoulders in apposition to each other located 95 inside of the said casing.

6. A tire composed of a circular casing and two series of segmental alternating rings with other located each other and having beveled shoulders in apposition to each other, located inside of the said casing, one ot' said series of rings tapering toward the center of the wheel.

7. A tire composed of a circular casing and a plurality of segmental members having beveled shoulders in apposition to each other and adjacent to the circular casing, located inside ot' the said casing.

y 8. A tire composed of a circular casing and two series of segmental members of cork and rubber alternating with each other and having beveled shoulders in apposition to each other and adjacent to the circular casing, located inside of the said casing.

9. A tire composed of a circulating casing, and two series of segmental members alternating with each other and having beveled shoulders in apposition to each other, and adjacent to the circular casing, located inside of the said casing, one of said series tapering toward the center of the wheel.

10. A tire composed of a circular casing and nating with each other and having beveled shoulders in apposition to each other and adjacent to the circular casing, located inside oi the said casing.

12. Atire composed of acircular easing and two series of segmental rings alternating with each other, and having beveled shoulders in apposition to each other, and adjacent to the circular casing, located inside of the said casing, one of said series oi rings tapering toward the center of the wheel.

Signed at Kearney` New Jersey, this Qd day of March, 1904.

J OIIN MILLAN. lVitncsses:

HARRY VILsoN, CHARLES C. Ritzen. 

